Show lAttI the itt Grand Gm I Nt No one Ies a more ambiguous ous place In history than the suit son of lIf I Louis XIII of oC France mil and Anne ot it 1111 la Ia born at St. St on Laye n on cli 1 C. C G. G I and king of France from flom rota his lathers lather's death at ut orf Oh on Ul September 1 I 1 1715 il 7 15 at alth the lie ago alo u of 77 SonIc Some notion of the duration dura dut-a- Ula lion tion iou of his reign Itin cap can b by he had from fro I tIn hi- hi f tact let act that thai he lie was Wi succeeded by his hiI eat greal I at- at Louis XV while lt lie Louis XVI who vimo perished itt hit hit- lu futI l was hi his great eat Under this thin man m Iho tho fourteenth Louis France Fi was wa raised It to III th time the highest highest high high- est ll pinnacle of If earthly glory MI sti II fur fUl as tit Iho hl world could Judge c. while hile brought lo tn ii lie ilio bitter pa piao al at homo which h could only result lIll iii time the desper 1 atlon of lIf involution rt l eat ctt In jim all that thul aft and amid dij mean Oh on the o of history LOUK vas Wate so u shortsighted short t sighted In iti perceiving dial Clint all true tin na- lional iw is upon ulon lie Iho con condition tf of nf If common on people cople that I he lie bequeathed nothing less less' the lie e he lie himself predicted lo to his Imme immediate im mi- I me mediate successors s. Jors I King at al Cf five years yem of tiC ag ago age ruling almost as a U despot antI after the till death o of ot Mazarin In In 1661 when hun he lie was waR as only 23 3 he tie found himself b by fur fat the most powerful ul monarch of or his lime time The policy begun un by und and emi adhered to closel closely by suppressed at al home homo all nil evidences c of the time participation of the lie people even eve of th the great no- no blos themselves c in lii thu he affairs s of the time realm rc while while- it brought bm all Europe Europe- to thy the of France Though crowned anti and Invested with vilim all t time the a attribute of or n an an- Irresponsible n royalty royally n he 1113 was vas only it 11 Lotus Lotus- XIV r Ir retained i saw nw his hiM fi finances rJ- rJ nances grow STUW to tu overflowing O wealth III fn I the hands of C Colbert while Louvois uis made hl hH his army till lie best In ill the lie world I Easily the greatest ll man maim of iii his time lime I his hits policies brought about Ii his is I and amid the eventual overthrow u of or 1 his dynasty dynast Colbert lied died and auth extortion was confounded con eon founded with taxation lIon Louvois ol lied died anti and the armies of France were over 0 thrown The Ti-me polio polio- of lelI tol- tol I was Wits put a aside and Hu Huguenots Iho tho flower u of the lie realm 1 fur for fortin tin thrift If l industry and all al that thiat makes make good citizenship left leCt the lie kingdom doni om TIll The echo echoes s of hl his l wars wal icci hoard In this country In the form ronn in em-in of or Indian mas ucro and amid outrages while our prosperity was greatly aided by the lie fleeing fleeing- Huguenots who vho settled north and south Yet for the privileged privileged I le cla classes I the nl reign i-eign n o of Louis Louis- re remains re- re mains I miS a nn ii exemplar pin r II i |